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* Companies turn to India to boost their business
FT: “Oil company Shell’s technology centre in the Indian high-tech hub of Bangalore is actually a facility in two halves, with a couple of campuses in different locations around the city. Originally...
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* How India’s buses got connected
FT: “Phanindra Sama remembers only too clearly the inspiration behind his business. “RedBus was started because of a personal pain point,” he says. “I couldn’t get a bus ticket.” It was October 2005...
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Indian Slowdown Chains Millions to the Farm – India Real Time – WSJ
India’s economic slowdown is changing the future of millions of unskilled workers, chaining them to low-wage farm work. After a sharp decline during India’s boom years, the number of people working on...
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UPDATE 1-India lifts ban on Airbus A380s, foreign carriers interested | Reuters
India lifted a landing ban on Airbus A380s on Monday, enabling carriers such as Singapore Airlines and Emirates to fly their superjumbos into the world\’s second-most populous nation. English:...
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Rail budget: Mallikarjun Kharge likely to announce more trains, new lines –...
Faced with a revenue shortfall, railway minister Mallikarjun Kharge will not bring about reduction in basic passenger fares in the interim budget on Wednesday but is likely to make adjustment in fuel...
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Singapore Airlines to Start First-Ever A380 Superjumbo Flights into India –...
Singapore Airlines Ltd.C6L.SG +0.68% will be the first commercial carrier to operate Airbus A380 superjumbos into India next month, after authorities there lifted a years-long ban on the world’s...
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Young professionals in Bangalore favour Modi’s promise, shrug off riots |...
As far as Vinod Hegde is concerned, Indian prime minister candidate Narendra Modi bears no responsibility for the 2002 Gujarat riots. More to the point, Hegde doesn’t care. Hegde, a 26-year-old...
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They say every vote counts, but mine wasn’t | India Insight
Fifty-four percent of Bangalore‘s eligible voters showed up at the polls on April 17, a disappointing number considering the high turnout in some states. I was not among them, but it was not for lack...
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Explosions on Train in Chennai Kill One – India Real Time – WSJ
Two explosions on a train in the Indian city of Chennai killed one person and injured nine others Thursday. Authorities believe two bombs were planted in two separate coaches of the Bangalore to...
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Online sites shake up hidebound retailing in India – Businessweek
Finding a way into India’s vast but vexing market has long frustrated foreign retailers. Now, overseas investors are pouring billions of dollars into e-commerce ventures that are circumventing the...
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For young Indian urbanites, caste is no longer a marital consideration – but...
Caste and language are losing significance in urban India, at least as far as marriage is concerned, according to a survey of more than 400 single adults in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. But other...
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Jayaram Jayalalithaa Granted Bail – India Real Time – WSJ
India’s Supreme Court Friday granted bail to Jayaram Jayalalithaa, the influential leader of one of India’s biggest regional parties, as she appeals her conviction nearly three weeks after she was...
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Visas for travel: Common sense comes to India | The Economist
RED TAPE is the bane of frequent business travellers. Many places in the world require arduous and expensive visa applications for even the most routine travel. I have two passports just so I can...
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The Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi Agreements in Full – India Real Time – WSJ
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that their countries had signed 20 bi-lateral agreements including memorandums of understanding and commercial...
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Modi wants more technology transfer from global defence firms | Reuters
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked global defence contractors to transfer more technology to India as part of the lucrative deals that they win to modernise its armed forces. The country’s offsets...
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Nuclear Power Gains Traction in China – China Real Time Report – WSJ
China’s government is breathing life into its nuclear sector with the approval of the country’s first new reactors in more than two years. As the WSJ’s Brian Spegele reports: The National Development...
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Narendra Modi: India Has Changed – India Real Time – WSJ
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to convince German industry that India is a reliable place to do business on his first visit to Europe’s largest economy as India’s leader. “I am here to...
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Indian rail projects outweigh rivalry before Modi visit to China | Reuters
Beijing has been pushing India to accelerate work on a multi-billion dollar rail link from New Delhi to Chennai ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to China this week, as the Asian giants put...
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Farmer suicides in Karnataka – The Hindu
Is it falling prices? Is it a glut in production? Or are farmers just falling into debt because of aspirational spending? Whatever the reason, Karnataka is again facing the spectre of rising suicides...
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Crime Capital: Why Delhi Is by Far India’s Most Dangerous City – India Real...
Delhi is India’s biggest megacity, home of the country’s central government and, according to new police data, way ahead of the competition in the quest to claim the title as the country’s capital of...
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